Agencias estatales, política y burocracia técnica : el Ministerio de Obras Públicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1917-1943
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CONICET - Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales
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El trabajo observa las transformaciones del aparato estatal provincial entre 1917 y 1943 a través del
Ministerio de Obras Públicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Los años analizados constituyeron un
momento particularmente intenso en la vida del
organismo, ya que fue una etapa de importantes
transformaciones territoriales y urbanas en donde
el MOPBA operó como un verdadero instrumento
de intervención estatal. Para ello, debió ampliarse
y especializarse, a fin de cubrir con las expectativas generadas por nuevos temas y preocupaciones
que ingresaban en las agendas de gobiernos, tanto
radicales (1917-1930) como conservadores (1930-
1943). El foco está puesto en agencias clave del ministerio, es decir, aquellas que direccionaron la
atención de las políticas y acciones del organismo
en los distintos momentos históricos. Nos referimos a las reparticiones dedicadas a las obras
de comunicación (viales y ferroviarias) y a las
obras urbanas y arquitectónicas. El abordaje se
realiza a partir de tres ejes estrechamente vinculados entre sí. El primero, examina las reformas
del Estado impulsadas tanto por los gobiernos
que propiciaron la expansión y especialización
de las distintas agencias que componían al organismo. El segundo, analiza la expansión de la
burocracia técnica, a partir de la incorporación
de nuevos profesionales a las agencias (especialmente ingenieros). El tercero, recorre las variaciones en la agenda estatal con hincapié en los
temas que incidieron en el diseño organizacional del ministerio y en la política y sus actores
como definitorias de gran parte de ella.
The article inquires on the transformations of the Buenos Aires provincial State apparatus between 1917 and 1943, focusing on the Ministry of Public Work (MOPBA). The analyzed years were part of a particularly intense moment for the State agency, since it operated as a true state intervention instrument in the deep territorial and urban transformation of the period. To that end, it had to be expanded and specialized, in order to respond to the expectations generated by the new issues and concerns that were being brought up in both the radicals (1917-1930) as well as the conservatives (1917-1930) government’s agendas. The article focus is placed on the key agencies of the ministry, that is, those that addressed the interest of public works and the State actions in different historical moments: particularly the departments that dealt with communication works (roads and railways), and urban and architectonic works. The article approach takes into consideration three closely linked axes. The first one analyzes the State reforms driven by the governments that propelled the expansion and specialization of different agencies that were part of the Ministry. The second one, analyses the expansion of technical bureaucracy, starting at the incorporation of new professionals to the agencies (especially engineers). The third one goes over the variations in the State agenda, emphasizing the issues that influenced the ministry organizational design, its policy and actors.
The article inquires on the transformations of the Buenos Aires provincial State apparatus between 1917 and 1943, focusing on the Ministry of Public Work (MOPBA). The analyzed years were part of a particularly intense moment for the State agency, since it operated as a true state intervention instrument in the deep territorial and urban transformation of the period. To that end, it had to be expanded and specialized, in order to respond to the expectations generated by the new issues and concerns that were being brought up in both the radicals (1917-1930) as well as the conservatives (1917-1930) government’s agendas. The article focus is placed on the key agencies of the ministry, that is, those that addressed the interest of public works and the State actions in different historical moments: particularly the departments that dealt with communication works (roads and railways), and urban and architectonic works. The article approach takes into consideration three closely linked axes. The first one analyzes the State reforms driven by the governments that propelled the expansion and specialization of different agencies that were part of the Ministry. The second one, analyses the expansion of technical bureaucracy, starting at the incorporation of new professionals to the agencies (especially engineers). The third one goes over the variations in the State agenda, emphasizing the issues that influenced the ministry organizational design, its policy and actors.

